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  3. The Syntax of Agreement and Concord
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      January 2010
      February 2008
      ISBN:
      9780511619830
      9780521855471
      9780521671569
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511619830
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.59kg, 292 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.482kg, 292 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Grammar and Syntax, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Language and Linguistics
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Linguistics (115)
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    Subjects:
    Grammar and Syntax, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Language and Linguistics
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Linguistics (115)
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    'Agreement' is the grammatical phenomenon in which the form of one item, such as the noun 'horses', forces a second item in the sentence, such as the verb 'gallop', to appear in a particular form, i.e. 'gallop' must agree with 'horses' in number. Even though agreement phenomena are some of the most familiar and well-studied aspects of grammar, there are certain basic questions that have rarely been asked, let alone answered. This book develops a theory of the agreement processes found in language, and considers why verbs agree with subjects in person, adjectives agree in number and gender but not person, and nouns do not agree at all. Explaining these differences leads to a theory that can be applied to all parts of speech and to all languages.

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